AI Rate Professor

Science

Geoff Holstrom

PHYSCIENC · PHYSCI · PHYSICALSCIENC · PSCI101 · PHYSSCI · PHYS100 · PHY100 · PHYISCALSCIENC · PHY221 · PHYSICALSCI · PHYS221 · MATH50 · PHYS221222 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.1

The decision

Avoid if you want real physics learning; consider him only for a padded grade when learning does not matter.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy A Heavy CurveConfusing LecturesMumbles And Bad HandwritingLearn On Your OwnAvoid If You Want Physics
  • Many students say grades .
  • mumbling, bad handwriting, and rabbit trails.
  • Common advice is take him only for a free A, not if you actually want to learn physics.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

86/100

, and nearly impossible failure for an easy A.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Grades are easy, but as confusing and hard.

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Is attendance flexible?

Optional

78/100

At , and several describe light structure around showing up.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

and strongly warn against taking him to learn.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Generous

88/100

Ridiculously large curves and comments that .

Format shift

Based entirely on in-person reviews.

Workload

Light

70/100

Often little or and quick labs, though .

Format shift

Based entirely on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Dominant themes are mumbling, unreadable writing, confusion, and .

Format shift

Based entirely on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, and limited homework.

Format shift

Based entirely on in-person reviews.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

lecture clarity and heavy self-study needs.

Main concern

You may pass easily but .

What students said

“IF .”
PHYS100
“Easy A for sure.”
PHYS100
“If you actually want to learn the material, however, this is a very hard class.”
PHY221

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams range from open-note and and nitty-gritty.

Assessment risk

Varies

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews mention open , and .

Open note testsCheat sheet allowedHeavy curveLong take-home tests
“No textbook, cheat sheet for .”
PHYS100
“Totally easy A. .”
PHYS100
“The take home tests are about 17 pages long and half the stuff in them he never taught.”
PSCI101

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if you need it, but if you want to learn.”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 in-person reviews spanning many years, highlighting easy grades versus poor lecture clarity. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

24/100

“His handwriting is and no one in our class understand anything.”

🅰️ Easy A Path

86/100

“he grades on a so everyone passes”

👎 Recommendation

28/100

“ .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his lectures rabbit trail and his handwriting is terrible and he often mumbles
  • He mumbles, has horrible handwriting, and
  • hes really old and forgets what hes writing sometimes

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A for sure
  • and he makes it impossible to fail
  • If you just need to pass; sure

Theme 3

⚠️ About Learning Outcome

  • if you want to learn
  • You basically have to learn the theory in class and do the applied out of the book on your own
  • I feel so lost in this class

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty consistent in-person reviews across many years strongly agree on easy grades and weak teaching clarity.

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 53
3 out of 52
2 out of 59
1 out of 54

Course coverage

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PHY1003 reviews
PHYSCI2 reviews
MATH501 review
PHY2211 review
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 2 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values